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<h3>RAISE(3)            Linux Programmer's Manual            RAISE(3)
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<h3>NAME
</h3>       raise - send a signal.

<h3>SYNOPSIS
</h3>       #include &lt;signal.h&gt;

       int raise (int sig);

<h3>DESCRIPTION
</h3>       raise()  sends  a  signal  to  the current process.  It is
       equivalent to kill(getpid(),sig)

<h3>RETURN VALUE
</h3>       Zero for success, nonzero for failure.

<h3>CONFORMS TO
</h3>       ANSI - C

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<h3>SEE ALSO
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<a href=kill.htm>kill</a>, 
<a href=signal.htm>signal</a>, 
<a href=getpid.htm>getpid</a>, 
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<h3>GNU                       April 4, 1993                         1
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